Last 24h's Top Cryptocurrency Tickers

Hester Peirce, a Republican member of the Securities and Exchange Commission with libertarian leanings, has won fans in the cryptocurrency community with her nurturing approach to regulating the nascent market.

Gemini Trust, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, argues in a new ad campaign that its chaotic sector should protect investors by adopting standard best practices and following regulations.

Individual investors are nursing billions of dollars in cryptocurrency losses, including from alleged frauds. Regulators have only managed to claw back about $36 million over the past two years for duped investors, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal.

Cryptocurrency companies are laying off employees in an effort to survive the nascent market's biggest selloff to date. Blockchain venture firm ConsenSys said Thursday it plans to cut 13% of its staff.

The move came as part of a joint action with the U.S. Justice Department in which prosecutors announced charges against an Iranian hacking cell allegedly running a ransomware scheme. The Treasury put sanctions on two men it said had laundered the millions of dollars worth of bitcoin gained from the scheme.

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two Iranian men the administration said laundered ransomed bitcoin from a major cyberattack that hit U.S. cities, hospitals and other critical networks. (BTC)

Overstock.com Chief Executive Patrick Byrne doesn't care that his blockchain-based trading system, called tZero, is burning through money. He remains a true believer in the technology-and its potential for multibillion-dollar returns.

The SEC reached settlements with two startups that raised money last year through cryptocurrency sales, under which the firms will comply with investor-protection rules and offer money back to thousands of people.

The SEC is investigating a company's cryptocurrency sale, an executive with the firm said, and people familiar with the probe said it includes looking at whether a prominent bitcoin entrepreneur broke the law by getting involved with the company's fundraising.

Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of the president's participation in deals to buy the silence of a former adult-film actress and an ex-Playboy model. The deals have led Trump's former lawyer to plead guilty to violating campaign-finance laws. (HUSH)

In 2017, Didi Taihuttu sold almost everything he and his family owned and poured it into bitcoin. WSJ goes on a year-long journey with the Bitcoin family as they bet everything on a decentralized cryptocurrency future, in this episode of Moving Upstream. (BTC)

Wednesday marks the 10th birthday of bitcoin. As the digital currency has grown over the years, it has become a source of fascination for investors, speculators, true believers and skeptics. However, it hasn't become the one thing it was built to be: a payments system. (BTC)

A federal court ordered a New York trading firm to pay $2.5 million in fines and restitution for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 80 customers who thought they were investing in bitcoin. (BTC)

Fidelity Investments said it will store and trade digital currencies for hedge funds and other professional investors,becoming one of the first Wall Street giants to step into this volatile corner of the financial world. (BTC)

The Civil Media Co. bills itself as a solution to some pressing problems in modern journalism, pitching a new cryptocurrency that would help news consumers support quality information and weed out bad actors.

Enforcement actions and fines by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ticked up in the last fiscal year, buoyed by cryptocurrency cases, spoofing schemes and settlements dating back to the financial crisis.

Many of the stock market's biggest players have taken a hands-off approach to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. That could start to change. The launch of ErisX comes as trueEX plans a bitcoin swap in the latest market embrace of digital currency.